Lampronia is a genus of moths of the family Prodoxidae.

Lampronia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Lampronia
Stephens, 1829

Diversity

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The genus has a Holarctic distribution and contains about twenty-five described species. There are additional undescribed species in North America, Japan and Iran.

Biology

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Most species are day-flying.

Lampronia corticella and Lampronia capitella are minor pests on raspberry (Rubus idaeus) and current (Ribes species).

Species

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